A top Democratic senator asserted that President Trump’s pick to lead the FBI may have misled the panel at his confirmation hearing.

The top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee is alleging that Kash Patel, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the FBI, is “personally directing the ongoing purge” of bureau employees.

The top Democrat on the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday alleged that President Donald Trump's FBI director nominee Kash Patel has been secretly overseeing the ouster of the bureau's leadership before being confirmed for the role.

Kash Patel, who is President Donald Trump’s nominee for FBI director, was accused of directing firings of senior FBI officials from outside the agency.

Glenn Thrush, New York Times Justice Department Reporter joins Nicolle Wallace on Deadline White House with reaction to the allegations made by top Senate Democrat on the Judiciary Committee, Dick Durbin (D-IL) that Kash Patel,

A senator has accused Kash Patel, Donald Trump’s pick to lead the FBI, of orchestrating the purge currently underway at the agency despite not yet receiving Senate confirmation. Democrat Dick Durbin wrote in a Tuesday letter to the Justice Department’s watchdog that he had “received highly credible information from multiple sources” that Patel is behind the ongoing removal of agents who investigated Trump.